Kimberly Briley
Expert visual designer and problem solver working in school marketing for 8 years. Proactive, imaginative, meticulous. Pro level with InDesign and spreadsheets.
• Branding Coordinator (graphic designer) at Fort Worth Independent School District, Strategic Communications Department, 2022-current. Previously freelanced for the District, 2016-2022.
• Freelance designer since 2012: education, non-profit, agriculture, small business branding.
• Montessori preschool teacher 2011-2015, then I left to design full-time.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Visualization
Texas A&M University, College of Architecture, College Station TX, 2009
Memorial Student Center Visual Arts Committee
• Chair, senior year
• Art Resources Executive, junior year
Skills
Tools
• InDesign expert (seriously)
• Illustrator
• Photoshop
• Other Adobe: Fresco, Express, Acrobat
• Excel and Google Sheets super-user
• Google Docs, Word, and Powerpoint template expert
• HTML website editing, Dreamweaver, Wordpress, Sharepoint, experience with many website builders
• HTML email / mass communication design using various platforms
• Premiere occasionally when needed (would love to get back into this more often)
• Confidence to learn any new program very quickly
• College work was all done using 3ds Max, Premiere, Flash, AutoCAD, SketchUp, MAX MSP, and other programs I don't have access to anymore or have a need for currently, but can translate that knowledge to future projects.
I'm good at:
• Managing large amounts of files and data
• Finding creative solutions to problems, re-contextualizing a client's requests in a way that will be more effective for the end user
• Campaign concepts, story telling, art directing, offering direction and feedback
• Consistent branding and brand management for organizations and programs
• Digital illustration and vectors
• Web design
• Infographics, charts, quick guides, anything to display information in a more easily digestible way
• Annual Reports, big nitty-gritty documents
• Using InDesign and Acrobat to create accessible forms
• Lightroom and photo editing
• Event branding and planning, signage, invitations and direct mail, programs, print and digital materials
• Designing user-friendly templates and teaching/guiding non-designers on best practices using their common tools• Copy editing, and I can write when needed
• And all the other things:
Soft Skills
• Left + Right brained (I'm a math person!)
• Extremely fast
• Analytical, strategic, deliberative, intentional with actions, anticipate future project issues
• Independent problem solver
• Hyper detail-oriented
• Initiator, pushing myself and my colleagues to pursue bigger goals
• Clear and direct communicator
• Personable, kind, conscientious
Working on:
• Photography
• Spanish
• After Effects
Awards
Texas School Public Relations Association (TSPRA)
• Gold Star, 2021. Image/Identity Package: Fort Worth ISD Tax Rate Election Campaign
• Gold Star, 2020. Advertisement - Other: Gold Seal Programs and Schools of Choice Ads
• Gold Star, 2018. Silver Star, 2017 & 2016: Fort Worth ISD JROTC Promotional Books
National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA)
• Award of Excellence, 2021. Branding/Image Package: FWISD Tax Rate Election Campaign
Other
• Best in Show: Artfest, Texas A&M University Visual Arts Committee, 2008. Katrina, 2:49 looped video.
• President’s Endowed Scholar: Texas A&M University, 2004
• National Merit Scholar, 2004
Hobbies
• Knitting, sewing, mending
• Spending time outdoors
• Thinking about food all the time, making ferments and kimchi
• Urban farming
• DIY music and art
• NOT lecturing people about the Enneagram anymore